Özlem Özgün received her B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey in 1998 and 2000, respectively, and her Ph.D. degree from Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey in 2007, all in electrical and electronics engineering. She worked at the Electromagnetic Communication Lab, Penn State University, USA as a postdoctoral researcher during 2007-2008. Currently, she is an associate professor in the electrical and electronics engineering department of Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey. Dr. Özgün's research interests include computational electromagnetics, finite element method, domain decomposition methods, transformation electromagnetics/optics, electromagnetic scattering, stochastic electromagnetic problems and optimization techniques. She has published over 100 refereed journal papers, book chapters, and conference articles. Dr. Özgün received METU Ph.D. best thesis award in 2007, and the award for excellence in electromagnetics bestowed by Prof. Leopold B. Felsen Fund in 2009. She is a senior member of IEEE, and a member of the steering committee of URSI Turkey.
Mustafa Kuzuoglu earned his B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from Middle East Technical University (METU) in 1979, 1981 and 1986 respectively, all in electrical and electronics engineering. His Ph.D. thesis is one of the first attempts to apply the finite element method for the numerical solution of electromagnetic scattering problems. Currently, he is a professor at the electrical and electronics engineering department of METU. He has held visiting positions at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Pennsylvania State University during the years 1995-2003. Dr. Kuzuoglu's research interests include computational electromagnetics with special emphasis on the finite element method, electromagnetic scattering, perfectly matched layers, transformation electromagnetics/optics and radar signal processing. He has over 150 refereed publications in the form of journal articles, book chapters and conference proceedings.]
